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1.00-1.55pm

Welcome by CEO Simon Kitchen (video to 00:20:36)

Introduction and launch of the Bipolar Commission by Co-chairs Dr Clare Dolman & Prof Guy Goodwin (video starts at 00:20:36)

Sir Norman Lamb, Chair of South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SlaM) interviewed by Leah Charles-King (video starts at 00:31:52)

2.00-3.00pm Break-out sessions

• Bipolar Basics - Everything You Need to Know (video, 58 mins)
• Bridging the Research Gap (video at 01:01:55)
  
  • Current and emerging medication options - Professor Hamish McAllister-Williams (presentation slides)
  • Bipolar research - Dr Stuart Wilson (presentation slides)
  • Mental health research funding - Robert Westhead (presentation slides)

• Employment and Bipolar: Work and Disclosure (session not recorded)
• Tackling mental health stigma in the Black Community (video, 56 mins)
• Experiences of Bipolar in the LGBTQ+ Community (video, 64 mins)
• How to get a Diagnosis (video, 65 mins)
• Men and Bipolar (not available)
• The Needs of Young People and Their Families When Living with Bipolar (not available)
• Suicide prevention: supporting a loved-one (not available)
• Women and Bipolar (video, 51 mins)

Outlines of the break-out sessions

3.00-3.30pm Interval 

Music from Diversity Radio, art by Eugene Ankomah, and Nash Momori interviews Eugene.

3.30-4.00pm Panel Discussion 1 - Has stigma for people who live with bipolar got better or worse? (video at 02:00:40)

Hosted by Leah Charles-King with Emma Belle, Luyando Malawo, Nicky Chinn & Sarah Owen

4.00-4.30pm Panel Discussion 2 - Recovery from the mental health effects of the pandemic (video at 02:28:04)

Hosted by Leah Charles-King with Professor Allan Young, Amanda Saunders, April Kelley, Dean Clarke & Mohini Morris

4.30pm Close

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